Seasonal Gardener

2 weeks ago

Guelph, Canada The City of Guelph Full time

About Our Organization:
When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.

As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.

Job Summary:
**Your Role**
- Perform horticultural duties, including but not limited to designing, planting, watering, maintaining and record keeping for annual, perennial and shrub and tree beds to current industry standards, to enhance the sustainable urban landscape of the City of Guelph.
- Support plant propagation using techniques including seeding, cuttings, splitting and plug production for annuals, perennials, tropical and native plant production.
- Plan and prepare plantings for seasonal displays of tulips, annuals, perennials, natives, and chrysanthemums in beds, planters and hanging baskets across the city.
- Maintain turf in selected locations.
- Prepare various growing media prior to transplanting; gather, clean and store stock plants.
- Assist with greenhouse management by monitoring and determining the correct temperature, humidity, ventilation control; and, pathological control of significant pests, using an Integrated Pest Management approach, inside and outside.
- Work with or support community members to maintain gardens or landscape features.
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of, and utilize all job related tools and equipment including, but not limited to, line trimmers, rototillers, brush chippers, backpack sprayers, chainsaws, chippers, agricultural tractors, loader, chain saws, rotary mowers, post pounders, leaf blowers, sod cutters, EC/pH meters, and small tools in a safe and efficient manner.
- Carry out all necessary maintenance and adjustments while keeping the equipment in a safe, clean and tidy condition, and perform daily circle checks and report defects and, if necessary, undertake small repairs in a prescribed manner.
- Lead work and provide guidance to seasonal staff or volunteers, including the safe and efficient use, care and maintenance of tools and equipment, and horticultural practices.
- Comply with requirements of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, The Highway Traffic Act, Pesticide Act, all Federal, Provincial and City regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Remove and/or flag obstacles hazardous to employees or the public or that interfere with the safe operation of vehicles or equipment, and duly note and report such conditions to a Lead hand or Supervisor.
- Support team goals including wildlife management.
- Support ecologically functional areas using native plant species, ecological principles, and restoration techniques including invasive species management.
- Immediately report vandalism, mechanical difficulties, and damage.
- Assist with winter maintenance (snow clearing) program.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**
- Must possess a current Landscape, Forestry, Industrial, or Greenhouse class applicators license from the Ministry of the Environment.
- Experience, knowledge and understanding of garden design, plants, soils, tools, equipment operation and procedures relevant to greenhouse growing and horticultural activities.
- Knowledge in currently accepted industry practices for plant health care including propagation techniques, greenhouse environmental controls, insect and disease identification, invasive exotics, and Integrated Pest Management controls.
- Certifications in Chainsaw, an asset.
- Effective communication skills, customer service and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient time management and record keeping skills and flexibility in adjusting between a variety of duties.
- Experience leading teams and/or volunteers, an asset.
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision and as part of a team.
- Possess an understanding of the MTO’s OTM Book 7 for Temporary Conditions, and knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Pesticide Act, and other applicable legislation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word and Excel.
- Ability to perform a variety of physical activities including lifting, digging, shoveling, raking and climbing ladders and be able to actively participate in daily activities, working within live traffic conditions and adverse weather conditions.

**Rate**

$31.31 per hour

**How to Apply**

The City of Guelph is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace. We

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